351.06
Applicability of prevailing wage law.

A facility to be constructed pursuant to this chapter is a
public improvement and a convention facilities authority is a public authority
for purposes of section
4115.03 of the Revised Code. All
contractors and subcontractors working on such facilities are subject to and
shall comply with sections
4115.03 to
4115.16 of the Revised Code. A
convention facilities authority is a contracting authority for purposes of
sections 307.86 to
307.91 of the Revised Code.

No convention facilities authority shall construct a facility
under this chapter unless the plans for the facility provide for parking and
transportation determined by the board of county commissioners as adequate to
serve that facility.

A convention facilities authority may do all of the following:

(A)
Adopt bylaws for the regulation
of its affairs and the conduct of its business;

(D)
Acquire, purchase, construct,
reconstruct, enlarge, furnish, equip, maintain, repair, sell, exchange, lease
or rent to, lease or rent from, operate, or contract for the operation by
others of, facilities within its territory, and make charges for the use of the
facilities;

(E)
Make available
the use or services of any facility to persons or governmental agencies on such
terms and conditions as the authority shall determine;

(F)
By resolution of its board of directors, issue
convention facilities authority revenue bonds beyond the limit of bonded
indebtedness provided by law, payable solely from revenues as provided in
section 351.14 of the Revised Code, unless
the bonds are refunded by refunding bonds, for the purpose of providing funds
to pay the costs of any facility or facilities or parts of any facility or
facilities, and, if moneys raised by taxation are not obligated or pledged for
the payment of those revenue bonds, to pay the costs of any facility or
facilities or parts of any facility or facilities pursuant to Section 13 of
Article VIII, Ohio Constitution, and in order to create or preserve jobs and
employment opportunities and improve the economic welfare of the people of the
state;

(H)
Direct its agents or employees, when properly identified in writing and after
at least five days' written notice, to enter upon lands within its territory in
order to make surveys and examinations preliminary to location and construction
of facilities, or other work for the purposes of the convention facilities
authority, without liability of the authority or its agents or employees except
for actual damage done;

(I)
Promote, advertise, and publicize the authority and its facilities;

(1)
Adopt rules, not in conflict with general law, governing the use of its
property, grounds, buildings, equipment, and facilities, and the conduct of its
employees and the public, in order to promote the public safety and convenience
in and about its facilities and grounds, and to maintain order. Any such rule
shall be posted at a prominent place in each of the buildings or facilities to
which it applies.

(2)
No person
shall violate any lawful rule adopted and posted as provided in this division.

(K)
Acquire by gift or
purchase, hold, lease, and dispose of real and personal property and interests
in the property in the exercise of its powers and the performance of its duties
under this chapter;

(L)
Acquire,
in the name of the authority, by purchase or otherwise, on such terms and in
such manner as the authority finds proper, or by the exercise of the right of
appropriation in the manner provided by section
351.22 of the Revised Code, such
public or private lands, including public parks, playgrounds, or reservations,
or parts thereof or rights therein, rights-of-way, rights, franchises,
easements, and interests as it finds necessary or proper for carrying out this
chapter, and compensation shall be paid for public or private lands so taken;

(M)
Make and enter into all
contracts and agreements and execute all instruments necessary or incidental to
the performance of its duties and the execution of its powers under this
chapter provided that no construction contract or contract for the purchase of
goods or services shall be approved or entered into by the authority prior to
the adoption and implementation of a policy on the set aside of contracts for
bidding by or award to minority business enterprises, as defined in division
(E)(1) of section
122.71 of the Revised Code;

(N)
Employ managers,
superintendents, and other employees and retain or contract with consulting
engineers, financial consultants, accounting experts, architects, attorneys,
and such other consultants and independent contractors as are necessary in its
judgment to carry out this chapter, and fix their compensation. All expenses of
doing so shall be payable solely from the proceeds of convention facilities
authority bonds and notes issued under this chapter, or from excise taxes and
revenues.

(O)
Receive and accept
from any governmental agency grants for or in aid of the purposes of the
authority, and receive and accept aid or contributions from any source of
money, property, labor, or other things of value, to be held, used, and applied
only for the purposes for which such grants and contributions are made;

(Q)
Purchase fire and extended coverage and liability
insurance for any facility and for the offices of the authority, insurance
protecting the authority and its officers and employees against liability for
damage to property or injury to or death of persons arising from its
operations, and any other insurance the authority may agree to provide under
any resolution authorizing its convention facilities authority revenue bonds or
in any trust agreement securing the same;

(R)
Charge, alter, and collect rentals and other
charges for the use or services of any facility as provided in section
351.09 of the Revised Code;

(S)
If a tax proposed under
section 5739.026 of the Revised Code is
disapproved by the electors, request the board of county commissioners to
dissolve the authority pursuant to section
351.03 of the Revised Code;

(T)
By resolution of its board of
directors, levy any of the excise taxes authorized by division (B) or (C) of
section 351.021 of the Revised Code if
authorized by the county commissioners, and issue convention facilities
authority tax anticipation bonds beyond any limit of bonded indebtedness
provided by law, payable solely from excise taxes levied pursuant to division
(B) or (C) of section
351.021 of the Revised Code and
revenues as provided in section
351.141 of the Revised Code.

(U)
Do all acts necessary or
proper to carry out the powers expressly granted in this chapter.